Capturing beautiful stories. That’s what wet plate photographer Ian Ruhter set out to do for his 3-year project at Slab City. But some of the most meaningful moments actually transpired within 48 hours, when English actor Gary Oldman paid Ruhter and his crew a surprise visit.

Interested in photography since 1960, he still talks about his passion with emotion.
Photographer and collector of cameras, manuals, books and vintage magazines, passionately he tells many anecdotes about precious items collected in over 50 years of career.
You won’t know his name, but you will like his story.